| Pathfinder | — | Release a trail of pheremones you can follow to find your way |
| Pavlova | Fuel | Intentionally prepared, human-digestible ration made at a fabricator. |
| Pent | — | Generates energy from sunlight. Reduced output at night or in deep water. |
| Pent | Fuel | Anomaly. No genes detected. Waxy shell full of sulfuric acid. |
| Periscopic Clowncrab | Fauna | *Ostrakonskelos periskopion*, the hard-legged periscope. A social crab that shelters among stinging anemones.
1. Reduced body
The clowncrab's single-segment body is an illusion. The multiple segments of other Protean arthropods are still present, nested inside. When the clowncrab molts, it sheds its internal shells through its digestive tract.
2. Regenerative eyestalk
Enormous eyestalks mimic the surrounding anemones. If bitten off by a predator, each stalk is packed with unspecialized cells that quickly regenerate missing eyes. If the stalks grow too long, the clowncrab will trim them to avoid drawing attention.
3. Anemone tender
The clowncrab provides a valuable service to sessile anemones by ranging out to forage, returning nutrients in its molt and waste. It also grooms the anemones to clean parasites and infections.
4. Fecund stalk
The third stalk behind the eyes is a reproductive organ. The same unspecialized cells used to heal the eyestalks become eggs or sperm. Sperm is released into the seawater, while eggs are deposited among anemones.
Assessment: sign of a healthy anemone field.
*Caught script hook in allocated memory for command >> generate-databank "Clowncrab" >> echo
\memory-carve -signature=0xSEABEEF5 >> restore-remarks*
Remark A. Centipede!
I think the PDA got this thing's anatomy and reproduction completely wrong. I swear I've seen centipedes — a bunch of clowncrabs linked up in a train. I think they grow as a single, segmented organism and then each segment splits off into its own crab. And then maybe they hook up again later? It wouldn't be the weirdest thing we've seen. [metadata author=K. "Wander" Wangmo] |
| Photovoltaic Charger | Photovoltaic Charger | Charges the Tadpole's power cell in shallow waters during the day. |
| Pillar | — | Generates energy from sunlight. Reduced output at night or in deep water. |
| Pioneer Hull Plate | — | — |
| Pioneer Program Poster | — | Decorative Poster |
| Plankton Breathing | — | You can breathe plankton (present in water currentrs). |
| Plant Based | — | Consume plant matter for food and water |
| Plant Bulb | Standard | Standard - Grown (Hand Pick) |
| Plant Feeler | Farmable Plant | Tentatively *Pyloraptor mimic*. A predatory animal disguised as a leafy kelp. Discharges electrical shock when disturbed.
1. Cephalopod-like body
Resembles an octopus or squid planted mantle-down in the seabed, with its arms spread to mimic kelp. Pouches of symbiotic bacteria between the arms allow it to photosynthesize. A beak at the center of its arms is plugged with mucus.
2. Electrical hunting
The four arms contain electrocytes, organs which build up an electrical charge. When disturbed by prey, the electrocysts discharge, causing paralysis or death. It is unclear if the prey are directly eaten, or if they decompose in a garden around the mimic pylon. (Organisms which feed on external decay are known as saprotrophs.)
3. Implies kelp
The pylon's cryptic aggressive mimicry of leafy kelp implies that kelp must exist on this world. Most species in Earths' oceans eat to survive, with primary production (the conversion of sunlight into biomass) carried out by plankton and algae. Leafy kelp were a late evolutionary development.
4. Cave mouth strategy
Mimic pylons tend to cluster around sea cave entrances, perhaps to feed on organisms entering or leaving the caves. Alternately (and speculatively) they may have been planted there by another species to control access.
Assessment: avoid contact to prevent injury. May mark cave mouths. |
| Plasteel Ingot | — | Bonelike matrix of titanium and ceramic. Self-healing. Stronger than strong. |
| Pneuma | Fauna | A prey fish that mimics the bladders of an undiscovered kelp species. |
| Pneuma | — | — |
| Political Consciousness | — | A quartz memory chip produced by an unlicensed fabricator recipe. |
| Portable Locker | Floating Locker | Carryable, deployable storage. Does not change swim speed. |
| Portable Oxygen Generator | — | Produces oxygen over time through electrolysis. Requires battery to function.
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| Power Cell | Basic | High-capacity mobile power source. For large structures or vehicles. |
| Power Cell Terminal | — | Recharges power cells. |
| Power Plant Part A | — | — |
| Power Storage | — | Harness excess power for later use. |
| Power Transmitter | — | Extends the range of a power source. Exploits the Tamura-Murai process to transmit high-frequency current through ionized seawater |
| Powerful Kicks | — | Swim faster for a short period after submerging |
| Powerful Kicks - Cave Variant | — | Swim faster for a short period after getting oxygen from an Oxygen Plant |
| Powerful Kicks - Temperature Variant | — | Swim faster in extreme temperature |
| Predator Sense | — | Detect nearby threats with specialized hair cells |
| Pressurized Lungs | — | You are immune to breathing penalties encountered below 100m. |
| PrintString | — | Ability prints a string |
| Prismatic Shell | Standard | Standard - Unknown |
| Processor | — | Completes complex biochemical and manufacturing tasks over time for more advanced recipes. |
| Protected Zone Base Camp | — | Small habitat built to support colonist expeditions into this region.
-Contains a functioning fabricator
-On-site NoA node could be reactivated for data retrieval
-Signs of recent visitation
May provide a useful jumping-off point for constructing a regional base of operations. |
| Pseudo Gills | — | Dash restores a small amount of oxygen. |
| Pudding Urchin | Flora | An unlikely lifeform whose entire body plan resembles and indeed, tastes like, custard. Can be "cooked" in a fabricator to maximize nutrition. |
| Quadrate | Fauna | *Salpapod tetragnatha*. Similar behavior to Earth lamprey or hagfish. A risky eat. |
| Quaker | — | Colony ethicist Lucretia Kapoor drowned when her bunkroom flooded.
-NoA opened the seacocks to flood the habitat and control a fire
-Colonists were drowned before they could reach their air supplies
-Biobeds were destroyed in the fire, preventing colonists from reprinting
Further investigation required. Recommend searching the surrounding habitat and its NoA node for more information. |
| Quartz | Mineral | Silicon dioxide (SiO4). For silica glass and optical memory. Often makes up most of a planet's crust. |
| Quartz Node | Standard | Coral domes expel waste silica as they grow. Check the surface and interior of coral domes.
In areas where domes do not grow, quartz may be located in sandy areas. |
| Quartz With Base | Standard | Standard - Unknown |
| Radio | — | Wireless transmitter and receiver. Blocked by water. |
| Raw Ore | — | Rock debris with trace elements. |
| Reaper Leviathan | — | — |
| Rebreather | Rebreather | Conserves oxygen when diving deeper. Automatically adjusts gas pressure to help lungs inflate. |
| Rectangular Ceiling Light | — | A practical light for enhancing a pioneer's workspace. |
| Regeneration | — | If damaged you heal 15 health every 15 seconds. |
| Regenerative Breath | — | You regenerate some health whenever you consume oxygen. |
| Repair Tool | Welder | Combination scanner and portable fabricator. Repair vehicles, bases, and systems. |
| Research: Acid | — | NEED:
1 SCAN ORGANIC ACID SOURCE
ACID SACS CAN BE REMOVED FROM ACID RAIONS WITH SURVIVAL MULTITOOL
ACID RAIONS PREFER SHADY AREAS AND CAVES — COLDER WATER CONTAINS MORE PREY
LOGGING RESULTS TO PDA DATABANK |
| Research: Gold | — | I NEED: 1 SCAN GOLD DEPOSIT
GOLD PRECIPITATES FROM HIGH-TEMPERATURE MINERAL-RICH WATER
CHECK DEEP, HOT CAVES TO THE EAST
LOGGING RESULTS TO PDA DATABANK |
